A Tennessee resident who was arrested on suspicion of traveling to Simpson County for sex with a purportedly underage girl pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal crimes.

Aaron Richard Shultz, 47, of Chattanooga, entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Bowling Green to charges of attempted online enticement of a minor and attempted travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

Shultz was arrested Aug. 5 in Simpson County, two days after he was said to have begun communicating online on the recently shuttered chat site Omegle with someone who held themselves out as a 14-year-old girl.

According to a copy of the plea agreement, Shultz identified himself in the chat as “Mark” and took the chat in a sexual direction with the purported juvenile, who was actually an undercover police officer participating in an operation in Simpson County that involved the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Secret Service and local law enforcement agencies.

Shultz expressed a desire to meet the undercover officer in person for sex and requested their telephone number to confirm the person’s identity, eventually speaking over the phone with what court records describe as a “secondary (undercover officer)/decoy.”

On Aug. 4, the two communicated through text messaging and a voice call about a location to meet in Franklin.

According to the plea agreement Shultz was on the phone with the decoy when he arrived at the location, and Shultz confirmed for the officer that he was “Mark.”

“Law enforcement immediately identified themselves and attempted to place Shultz under arrest,” the plea agreement said. “Shultz fled approximately 75-100 yards on foot when confronted by law enforcement. Shultz stumbled and fell into a drainage area.”

After being arrested, Shultz asked Kentucky State Police whether he was going to be sent to prison in Kentucky or Tennessee, court records show.

During a police interview, Shultz confirmed that he believed he had been chatting online with a 14-year-old and acknowledged that he initiated the sexual nature of the conversation.

Shultz also told police they would find contraceptives in his car.

Police questioned Shultz about previous sexual contact with any minor, which brought about additional confessions.

According to court records, Shultz said he created a fake profile on a social media app that led to him meeting and engaging in sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl.

“Shultz continued that while employed as a school nurse, approximately five years prior, he touched a believed-to-be 4th grade female student for sexual gratification,” the plea agreement said. “Shultz further added that during that employment he surreptitiously videotaped … a second grade female student while she was using a private restroom in the nurse’s office.”

Records filed in the local federal case do not mention whether Shultz has been charged in connection with these reported incidents.

Attempted online enticement of a minor carries a punishment of 10 years to life in prison, while attempted travel with intent to engage in illegal sexual conduct is punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

Shultz will return to court March 19 to be sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Greg Stivers.